MICHELL'S VEGETABLE SEEDS 
“ | BEANS 

Sure-Crop 
Stringless 

Stringless Green-Pod Beans 
ASPARAGUS 
ASPERGE (Fr.) SPARGEL (Ger.) 
Sparacio (Ital.) 
Sow 5 pounds per acre for roots, or 
1 ounce to 50 feet 
A well-cared-for Asparagus bed improves 
with age and lasts for many years. It may be 
established from seed, but much time is saved 
by plantmg roots. Seeds should be sown 
thinly in early spring im rows 1 to 2 feet apart. 
Thin out the weakest plants so the remainder 
will be 4 inches apart. When one or two years 
old, transplant m the permanent bed in rows 
3 feet apart, setting the roots 1 to 11% feet 
apart, from where it can be cut three years 
ater. 
Giant Washington. A rust-resisting va- 
riety with long, stout, dark green spears 
with a rich purple tinge. Pkt. 10c.; oz. 30c.; 
lb. 75c. 
Paradise. New. Commercial growers claim 
this to be far superior to the Washington 
types. Pkt. 20c.; oz. 75c.; Y4Ib. $2.50. 
Asparagus Roots 
Ready about March 20 for spring planting; 
about November 1 for fall planting 
The two-year roots usually produce two 
years after planting. Our stock Is especially 
fine in quality. 
Giant Washington. 2-yr. roots, 50, $2.50; 
100, $4.00; 1000, $30.00. 
Prices quoted on Beans are prepaid in 
quantities up to 5 pounds to the First and 
Second Zones; for other Zones, see Parcel 
Post Table on page 1. Larger quantities 
shipped at purchaser’s expense. 
Every garden should have Beans, among 
the finest of all vegetables. They are appe- 
tizing, rich in vitamins, and delicious fresh, 
canned, or dried. Bush or Snap Beans grow 
quickly and yield heavily. The Pole type is 
the heaviest yielder over a Jong period. 
MICHELL’S DWARF . 
BEANS 
Haricots Nains (Fr.) BuscHBOHNEN (Ger.) 
Facino.ti Nani (Ital.) 
Green-podded Varieties 
Bountiful. 53 .days. Flat-podded, 
stringless, tender and a prolific bearer. 
Pkt. 10c.; 14Ib. 30c. ; Ib. 50c.; 5 Ibs. $2.20. 

Early Red Valentine. 52 days. An extra- 
early variety, maturing a crop in 40 to 50 
days. Pods 5 to 6 inches long, round, thick, 
tender, and of good quality. Pkt. 10c.; 
Yb. 30c.; Ib. 50c.; 5 Ibs. $2.20. 
Giant Stringless. 53 days. Vigorous 
grower and a great producer of large, round 
pods, from 54% to 61% imches long. Pkt. 
10c.; 4Ib. 30c.; Ib. 50c.; 5 Ibs. $2.20. 
Keystonian. 52 days. Honorable Mention, 
1944 All-America Selections. This new 
dwarf green Bush Bean will become a fa- 
vorite because of Its combined productive- 
ness, hardiness and high quality. Pods are 
6 to.6¥% inches Jong, round, straight, string- 
less and of superb quality, making it suit- 
able for canning, freezing, and home use. 
Pkt. 10c.; M4Ib. 30c.; Ib. 50c.; 5 Ibs. $2.20. 
Logan. 52 days. A very prolific, high- 
quality Bean developed by the U. S. De- 
partment of Agriculture. Plant is vigorous 
and erect, resistant to powdery mildew 
and conimon mosaic. Pods set well in 
adverse weather; are 6 to 7 inches long, 
round, straight, stringless and fiberless; 
medium dark green in color and relatively 
resistant to spotting from bacterial blight. 
Pkt. 10c.; 4b. 35c.; Ib. 60c.; 5 Ibs. $2.50. 
Longreen. This new variety is an Improved 
strain of the popular Tendergreen Bean, 
the distinct difference being that the pods 
average an inch longer and it is a heavier 
producer. They are the same attractive 
type—round, stringless and fiberless, ma- 
turing at the same time. Plants are slightly 
larger and broader leaved. Pkt. 15c.; 
Ib. 40c.; Ib. 75c. 
Masterpiece. 50 to 55 days. The leader 
among early greenhouse forcing varieties. 
Pods 7 x 3 x 7 imch. Light silvery green, 
straight, flat, almost entirely stringless an 
fibreless. ime texture. 
35c.; Ib. 60c.; 5 Ibs. $2.50. 
Ranger. 56 days. Bronze Medal, 1947 AII- 
America Selections. An entirely new va- 
riety distinguished by its unusual habit of 
growth, disease resistance and high yield. 
Plant 1s of Refugee type, vigorous and 
prolific, resistant to common mosaic and 
downy mildew. Pods are silvery green, 
round, straight and stringless, largely con- 
centrated in the crown of the plant. Pkt. 
15c.; Ib. 40c.; Ib. 75c.; 5 Ibs. $3.50. 
Pkt. 15c.; 14Ib. 
Plant 90 pounds per acre; 2 pounds 
for a 100-foot row 
A rich, sandy loam suits Beans to perfec- 
tion. Toward the end of April, or still better, 
in May, sowings may be made and may be 
repeated every two weeks until August. Have 
the rows about 2 feet apart. Sow quite thinly 
in the row and about 2 inches deep, thinning 
out to stand 4 to 6 inches apart in the rows. 
Stringless Black Valentine. 49 days. An 
Improvement over the old stram of Black 
Valentine. Pods Jong and slender, semi- 
round, and stringless. Pkt. 10c.; Mlb. 
30c.; Ib. 50c.; 5 Ibs. $2.20. 
Stringless Green-Pod. 50 days. Round- 
podded sort that Is early, prolific, and a 
continuous bearer. Pods 5 to 6 inches 
long, very meaty. Even when the pods 
become quite old they retain their 
stringless qualities. Pkt. 10c.; Mlb. 
30c.; 1b. 50c.; 5 Ibs. $2.20. 

Tendergreen. 52 days. An early stringless 
variety with round pods at least 6 inches 
Jong. Ready for use 52 days after sowing. 
Pkt. 10c.; 4b. 30c.; Ib. 50c.; 5 Ibs. $2.20. 
Dwarf Varieties of Shell Beans 
FOR WINTER USE 
These are always useful for. soups, baked 
beans, etc. They can be used in the green 
state, like other sorts, when picked very 
young. Plant when ground is warm in spring 
and up to July 1, in rows 2 feet apart, Beans 
3 inches apart 'n the row. 
Boston Navy or Pea. 93 days. Snowy white 
variety of small] size. Pkt. 10c.; Ib. 30c.; 
Ib. 50c.; 5 Ibs. $2.20. 
Long-Pod Bread or Fava. 75 days. An 
English Bean used in the dry state, shelled. 
Plant in rows about 3 feet apart, 8 inches 
apart in the row. Pkt. 10c.; Mb. 30c.; 
Ib. 50c.; 5 Ibs. $2.20. 
Dwarf Horticultural. 54 days. One of the 
best early Shell Beans. Thick, flat, string- 
less pods colored red and green; Beans 
large, round, and speckled. Pkt. 10c.; 
Yalb. 35c.; Ib. 60c.; 5 Ibs. $2.50. 
Red Kidney. 95 days. Pods long, kidney-— 
shaped, light red. Pkt. 10c.; Mlb. 30c.; 
Ib. 50c.; 5 Ibs. $2.20. 
White Marrow. 100 days. Larger than 
Boston Navy Bean and extensively planted 
for shelling for winter or for using in the 
green state. Pkt. 10c.; 4Ib. 30c.; Ib. 50c.; 
5 Ibs. $2.20. 
Yellow-podded Varieties 
Cherokee (Valentine Wax). 50 days. A 
new wax variety developed by the U. S. 
Department of agriculture for its excellent 
productivity, quality and tolerance to 
ean diseases. Plant is large and erect. 
The oval-shaped pods are 6 inches long, 
bright golden-yellow, tender and stringless 
at all stages. Pkt. 10c.; Mlb. 40c.; Ib. 
70c.; 5 Ibs. $3.20. 
Improved Rustproof Golden Wax. 
’ Rust-Resistant. 51 days. Vigorous 
grower. One of the best of the Wax 
Beans. Pods flat, medium Jength, good 
quality. Pkt. 10c.; 4Ib. 30c.; Ib. 50c.; 
5 Ibs. $2.20. 
Pencil-Pod Black Wax. 55 days. A round- 
podded, hardy, very early sort that is en- 
tirely stringless. Pkt. 10c.; Mlb. 30c.; 
Ib. 50c.; 5 Ibs. $2.20. 

30 HENRY F. 
MICHELL COQO., 
516 AND 518 MARKET ST., 
PHILADELPHIA 5, PA. 




